Birthplace: Portland, Oregon
Kyle Marvin is a writer/producer/director/writer/actor who established his name as co-creator (with partner Michael Covino) of The Climb (2019), which Marvin co-wrote with Covino, produced, and starred in, expanding from a short film in 2017, which Marvin co-wrote and produced. The short premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, while the feature premiered in the Cannes Film Festival’s Un Certain Regard section.
Before this, Marvin worked as a producer on a handful of indie features (as well as three shorts), including writer-director Morgan Krantz’s Babysitter (2015); writer-director Sam Kretchmar’s Keep in Touch (2015); writer-director Josh Locy’s Hunter-Gatherer (2016), premiering at the South by Southwest film festival); and writer-director Justin Tipping’s Kicks (2016), premiering at the Tribeca film festival).
Following The Climb, Marvin produced writer-director Ryan Maxey’s documentary, One Road to Quartzite (2022), and writer-director Daniel Antebi’s God’s Time (2023), as well as co-starring in the Apple TV series, WeCrashed (2022), with Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway. Kyle Marvin was the director-producer of the NFL-set comedy 80 for Brady (2023), starring Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, Rita Moreno, Sally Field, and Tom Brady, which opened in early February 2023 and was projected to gross over $30 million globally.
Marvin was co-writer (with Michael Angelo Covino) and co-star of the comedy, Splitsville (2025), starring Dakota Johnson, Adria Arjona, Marvin, Nicholas Braun, and O-T Fagbenle, premiering at the Cannes Film Festival and released wide by Neon. Marvin was an executive producer (with Covino) on director/writer/producer Simon Hacker’s comedy-drama, Notice to Quit (2024), and the documentary, Ferrari: Fury & the Monster (2024).
Kyle Marvin was director/producer of the Yosemite-set true-story drama about El Capitan climbers, Batso (date to be announced), co-starring Lewis Pullman, Walton Goggins, and Jessica Biel, written by Eamon O’Sullivan, and produced by Watch This Ready/3311 Productions/CAA Media Finance.
Nominee, Best First Feature, Independent Spirit Awards (2020).
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